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. >> reporter: london police chief resigned under intense pressure after it emerged that scotland yard hired a former "news of the world" editor as a media consultant in 2009. the same year investigators decided not to further pursue the phone hacking case. the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have a suggestion that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and have no reason to do so. >> reporter: even with the head of police preparing to step down, scotland yard continues to make arrests. today, it was rebekah brooks, former head of rupert murdoch's newspaper arm here in the uk, who resigned herself on friday. it was just a week ago that murdoch flew to london and stood by her side, all smiles. brooks had a meteoric rise at the company, becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was only 32. it was in 2002, with brooks at the paper's helm, that "news of the world" reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager milly dowler. a case that
. >> reporter: london police chief resigned under intense pressure after it emerged that scotland yard hired a former "news of the world" editor as a media consultant in 2009. the same year investigators decided not to further pursue the phone hacking case. the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have a suggestion that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say...
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. >>> scotland yard has lost its two top cops to the uk hacking and police bribery scandal. police commissioner paul stevenson and john yates resigned after reports of scotland yard hiring neil wallace as a media consultant. wallace was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged no. of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally i did not and have no reason to do so. >> all eyes will be on parliament tomorrow when rupert murdoch and his son james get grilled by lawmakers. we're live in london. surely rupert murdoch will be asked about the cozy relationship between his news organization and police. >> there's no doubt that he's going to be asked about that and a lot more contessa. this story keeps rolling along. and changing it seems hour by hour. and all points now are pointing towards -- all roads are going towards obviously the murdoch family. that makes four high profile resignations. a few hours ago scotland yard's number two jamesuate resigned again under this rolling impression and increas
. >>> scotland yard has lost its two top cops to the uk hacking and police bribery scandal. police commissioner paul stevenson and john yates resigned after reports of scotland yard hiring neil wallace as a media consultant. wallace was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged no. of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally i did not and have no reason to do so. >> all eyes will be on...
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i've been invited to scotland yard to be arrested three times. they were still saying we didn't know. it was just reporters actsing on their own. >> rupert murdoch and his son james have agreed to testify tuesday at a parliamentary hearing on the scandal. >>> she was tried, she was acquitted, and now she's about to be set free. casey anthony's murder trial captivated much of the nation. the verdicts outraged many -- the verdict outraged many. as of midnight she's eligible to be set free from the orange county, florida, jail. we don't know exactly when or how the release will happen. there are some concerns about anthony's safety once she is released. but the sheriff says he's not aware of 95 credible threats to her life. i want you to take a look -- >>> i want you to look at this freight train derailment outside minneapolis, st. paul. the train went off the tracks near a bridge that had been washed out by recent heavy rains. investigators are clearing the 17 derailed cars. service has been suspended, including to tonight's minnesota twins game. >
i've been invited to scotland yard to be arrested three times. they were still saying we didn't know. it was just reporters actsing on their own. >> rupert murdoch and his son james have agreed to testify tuesday at a parliamentary hearing on the scandal. >>> she was tried, she was acquitted, and now she's about to be set free. casey anthony's murder trial captivated much of the nation. the verdicts outraged many -- the verdict outraged many. as of midnight she's eligible to be...
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the head of scotland yard. sir paul stevenson resigned. he insisted he had no involvement in his force's failure to investigate widespread alleged criminal acts by murdoch's journalists. nor the alleged bribery of police officers by reporters. >> i had no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice. or indeed to the extent of it. and the repugnant nature of the selection of victims that is now emerging. >> reporter: and there is more. rebekah brooks, just days ago she was at the apex of power running rupert murdoch's british operations. it is said he considered her his other daughter. on friday, she resigned from the company. she was arrested. the tenth arrest since this scandal erupted two weeks ago. brooks was editor of "the news of the world" from 2000 to 2003, when much of the alleged criminal activity took place. she has insisted she knew nothing about it. >> there's no way that a reporter can come in with the kind of salacious, page one stories that "the news of the world" was running without an editor saying, how'd you get
the head of scotland yard. sir paul stevenson resigned. he insisted he had no involvement in his force's failure to investigate widespread alleged criminal acts by murdoch's journalists. nor the alleged bribery of police officers by reporters. >> i had no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice. or indeed to the extent of it. and the repugnant nature of the selection of victims that is now emerging. >> reporter: and there is more. rebekah brooks, just days ago she was...
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lead that the resignations, and there have been four high-profile res ignations so far, the two top scotland yard officials, and there is no wrongdoing they say, but they were stepping down because they are too much of a distraction because of the media frenzy to do their job, and the ten arrests, and you mentioned rebecca brook, and all of this is leading to tomorrow. and we have to be careful, because it may be an anti-climax tomorrow with the tremendous amount of attention turning to this meeting, but i'm not so sure how much hard core information or information in general and any kind of spectacle this will make. this could be very have very low key certainly on the part of rupert murdoch who doesn't like, we understand, these types of meetings and he does not like this type of spotlight on him. back the you, tamron. >> all right. jim, i understand that we have news sound from the prime minister david cameron who cut short his trip in africa today and returning back for the testimony. let's pr ee's play what he has . >> what the government wants to do is what the whole country has to do
lead that the resignations, and there have been four high-profile res ignations so far, the two top scotland yard officials, and there is no wrongdoing they say, but they were stepping down because they are too much of a distraction because of the media frenzy to do their job, and the ten arrests, and you mentioned rebecca brook, and all of this is leading to tomorrow. and we have to be careful, because it may be an anti-climax tomorrow with the tremendous amount of attention turning to this...
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just this morning another top scotland yard official was forced to call it quits. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london with an update. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. that makes two high-level officials at scotland yard resigning in less than 24 hours amidst allegations they mishandled the accusations into phone hacking. the police chief himself and his deputy resigning. the casualties in this scandal just continue to pile up. london's top cop resigned under pressure after they hired a media consultant in 2009. the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested for his connections with the phone hacking scandal last week. in stepping down, stevenson denied any wrongdoing. >> i have heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace's phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and had no reason to do so. >> reporter: stevenson says he quit because he's become a distraction for scotland yard, which has been criticized for its handling of the phone hacking investigation. among the accusations, their fai
just this morning another top scotland yard official was forced to call it quits. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london with an update. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. that makes two high-level officials at scotland yard resigning in less than 24 hours amidst allegations they mishandled the accusations into phone hacking. the police chief himself and his deputy resigning. the casualties in this scandal just continue to pile up. london's top cop resigned under...
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the top cop in london will testify about scotland yard's investigation today. >>> i want to be a fly on the wall during these ongoing debt talks. 20 days until the deadline on raising the debt ceiling. there's no deal yet. president obama reportedly told lawmakers, quote, this could bring my presidency down. talking about his promise to veto a short-term extension. he says he will not yield. they'll meet again today. the fifth session in as many days. the white house warns failing to raise the debt ceiling by august 2 send could trigger a partial default. >>> the power is slowly being restored in the chicago area after one of the worst storms on record. the storm packed wind gusts of nearly 80 miles an hour, knocking down trees and power lines. nearly 1 million customers were affected. this morning, the power company says more than 75% of its customers have had its power restored. >>> now the wakeup call for the shuttle "atlantis" crew. ♪ if you believed they put a man on the moon ♪ ♪ man on the moon ♪ if you believed >> good song. they probably couldn't have got noon the cho
the top cop in london will testify about scotland yard's investigation today. >>> i want to be a fly on the wall during these ongoing debt talks. 20 days until the deadline on raising the debt ceiling. there's no deal yet. president obama reportedly told lawmakers, quote, this could bring my presidency down. talking about his promise to veto a short-term extension. he says he will not yield. they'll meet again today. the fifth session in as many days. the white house warns failing to...
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and the top cop resigned at the scotland yard. sir paul stevenson claimed he did nothing wrong but they are reeling from accusations that the police officers accepted brides -- bribes somewhere totaling around $200,000. rebecca brooks out on bail today, arrested yesterday when she went to see police by appointment and ended up under arrest. questioned for over nine hours on sunday. now her lawyer is saying that she's not only completely innocent but police have questions about serious questions on suspicion of phone hacking and bribery. she's not been charged. >> for my part, what i would say is this -- we've taken very decisive action. we've helped to ensure a large and properly resourced police investigation that can get to the ba tom of what happened and the -- bottom of what happened hand the wrongdoing -- of what happened. the wrongdoing -- >> we're now hearing about in other resignation. >> right. yesterday we had the top cop and this morning, the assistant police commissioner resigned. and it's complicated. "news of the wor
and the top cop resigned at the scotland yard. sir paul stevenson claimed he did nothing wrong but they are reeling from accusations that the police officers accepted brides -- bribes somewhere totaling around $200,000. rebecca brooks out on bail today, arrested yesterday when she went to see police by appointment and ended up under arrest. questioned for over nine hours on sunday. now her lawyer is saying that she's not only completely innocent but police have questions about serious questions...
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it seems to me that we should have a very clear ability to be working with scotland yard and determine whether americans were pursued, and whether the families of 9/11 victims were pursued. >> to those who said bob mendez or barbara boxer or frank lautenberg or jay rockefeller, they're all democrats and this is political payback, if you will, against rupert murdoch, what say you? >> i don't have anything against rupert murdoch. if the report was that cnn did this, i would be going after you all. well. >> well, i hope you don't have to do that. dog versus machine. why that was the topic of a fiery debate on exhale clil. -- capitol hill. there's another way litter box dust:e purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder on dust. and our improved formulas neutralize odors better than ever in multiple-cat homes. so it's easier to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. >> body scanners versus dogs. some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. >> at issue during the fiery airport secur
it seems to me that we should have a very clear ability to be working with scotland yard and determine whether americans were pursued, and whether the families of 9/11 victims were pursued. >> to those who said bob mendez or barbara boxer or frank lautenberg or jay rockefeller, they're all democrats and this is political payback, if you will, against rupert murdoch, what say you? >> i don't have anything against rupert murdoch. if the report was that cnn did this, i would be going...
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his resignation is one day after scotland yard chief paul stevenson quit. he came under fire for hiring a former "news of the world" editor as his pr kumt ant. that man was arrested in the scandal last year. british lawmakers expect rupert murdoch's protege rebekah brooks to show up tomorrow to answer questions. despite her arrest over the weekend, her spokesman says she will be there. she's denying she knew her reporters hacked phones for scoops while she was the newspaper's editor. rupert murdoch, chairman of news corp, and his son james are expected to testify alongside brooks tomorrow. they will appear before parliament's media committee. >>> a heatwave hitting the middle of u.s. extremely high humidity makes it feel as hot as 117 degrees in some places. that heat is creeping east. >> brutal. i probably lost 10 pounds today. it's crazy. >> we are sweltering, and we're just asking for some relief here. houston is hot as blazes. stay put. stay cool. >> there's been a change of u.s. command in afghanistan today as well. general david petraeus leaving to be
his resignation is one day after scotland yard chief paul stevenson quit. he came under fire for hiring a former "news of the world" editor as his pr kumt ant. that man was arrested in the scandal last year. british lawmakers expect rupert murdoch's protege rebekah brooks to show up tomorrow to answer questions. despite her arrest over the weekend, her spokesman says she will be there. she's denying she knew her reporters hacked phones for scoops while she was the newspaper's editor....
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even so, scotland yard is investigating all of the accusations and is casting a wide net. pop singer george michael says he's being called in for questioning after a number of tweets he posted about rebecca brooks. he said in one of them that she told him that almost all of their information comes directly from police. in a later tweet he said that police received, quote, a nice little wad of cash for the service. ann? >> this story just keeps on growing. thank you so much. >>> 7:09. here's matt. >> ann, thanks very much. now to washington and the heat that president obama and congressional leaders are under to reach a deal on slashing the budget deficit. nbc's kristen welker is at the white house with the latest on this. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. good to see you, too. president obama will meet with congressional leaders again today. the two sides still very much deadlocked. and the clock is ticking. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: with the deadline looming, president obama and congressional leaders met monday for a third time but they're still s
even so, scotland yard is investigating all of the accusations and is casting a wide net. pop singer george michael says he's being called in for questioning after a number of tweets he posted about rebecca brooks. he said in one of them that she told him that almost all of their information comes directly from police. in a later tweet he said that police received, quote, a nice little wad of cash for the service. ann? >> this story just keeps on growing. thank you so much. >>>...
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one of scotland yard's top officers resigned. two years ago john yates ruled there was no re-open the investigation, and it was that botched decision that cost the job of britain's top cop. the head of the scotland yard stepped down amid public outrage yesterday. >> as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in. with hindsight i wish we had judged some matters involved in this affair differently. i didn't, and that's that. >> cnn's dan rivers is in london where all eyes turn to tomorrow's testimony before lawmakers. tell us why. >> reporter: well, they want to know how far up the chain this went, this whole phone hacking scandal. who knew what in the murdoch empire? that's what they hope to get to the bottom of tomorrow. rupert and james murdoch themselves will be appearing before politicians here for a grilling as well as those two -- their former executive rebecca brooks will appear separately because she was arrested late last night and detained and questioned for some 12 hours. she's ou
one of scotland yard's top officers resigned. two years ago john yates ruled there was no re-open the investigation, and it was that botched decision that cost the job of britain's top cop. the head of the scotland yard stepped down amid public outrage yesterday. >> as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in. with hindsight i wish we had judged some matters involved in this affair differently. i didn't, and that's that. >> cnn's dan rivers...
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. >>> we are getting word this morning that scotland yard has made an arrest in the scandal that has rocked rupert murdoch's media empire and yet another remainor how serious the hacking investigation is. london's top police officer faces a public grilling today. dan rivers is on that for us. dan, what do you think? >> reporter: paul stevenson, the top policeman in the uk, is being questioned at the moment by the metropolitan police authority. particularly coming under pressure because, this morning, they arrested a former deputy editor i "the news of the world" neil wallace, arrest number nine as part of this and the other inquiry into corrupt or bribing police officials for information. now, the important thing is here is already we know one of the senior policemen in scotland yard john yates has already admitted having lunches with neil wallace, the man now arrested. a lot of pressure on one senior policeman, john yates, therefore, top pleasure on the top policemen. rupert and james murdoch are hounded in the people behind the building me to come and appear and justify what happen
. >>> we are getting word this morning that scotland yard has made an arrest in the scandal that has rocked rupert murdoch's media empire and yet another remainor how serious the hacking investigation is. london's top police officer faces a public grilling today. dan rivers is on that for us. dan, what do you think? >> reporter: paul stevenson, the top policeman in the uk, is being questioned at the moment by the metropolitan police authority. particularly coming under pressure...
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and an official saying one dog can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. >>> out of london, scotland yard confirms the rest of 60-year-old man in connection with the news corp phone hacking case. his identity has not been released. this marks the seventh arrest in britain since the scandal broke. >>> five members of congress calling on the justice department to investigate murdoch' reporters and find if any u.s. laws were broken when they reportedly hacked the phones of 9/11 victims. murdoch's publications accused of bribing police for information. a possible violation of u.s. foreign corruption laws. >>> 20 minutes we will joined by iowa congressman bruce braley. he was asking to launch an investigation into news corp reporting practices and whether they broke any u.s. laws. >>> a final memorial service is held this morning in grand rapids, michigan, for former first lady betty ford who died friday at the age of 93. a plane carrying her casket from california landed yesterday in an airport named after her husband gerald r. ford international. you're looking at a live picture this mo
and an official saying one dog can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. >>> out of london, scotland yard confirms the rest of 60-year-old man in connection with the news corp phone hacking case. his identity has not been released. this marks the seventh arrest in britain since the scandal broke. >>> five members of congress calling on the justice department to investigate murdoch' reporters and find if any u.s. laws were broken when they reportedly hacked the phones of 9/11...
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head of scotland yard resigning yesterday, the latest casualty of the hacking scandal. and rupert murdoch's top executive has been arrested. >>> there was a scuffle and guns were point ed in a home invasio of a congressman. how he's doing on this "american morning." >>> good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us on this monday. it is july 18th. i'm kiran chetry along with ali velshi. christine has today off. >>> the head of scotland yard, london's police agency to the list of casualties in the uk hacking scandal. sir paul stevenson has stepped down. >> some of his officers are accused of taking bribes from rupert murdoch's reporters. any idea what sir stevenson's exact involvement was in this scandal? >> reporter: another incredible development, yeah. the most senior policeman in britain, sir paul stevenson has resigned, shocking development on day after day of incredible revelations. there were all these accusations of policemen having taken bribes from journalists working for rupert murdoch's newspaper. on top of of that, allegation that a former news of th
head of scotland yard resigning yesterday, the latest casualty of the hacking scandal. and rupert murdoch's top executive has been arrested. >>> there was a scuffle and guns were point ed in a home invasio of a congressman. how he's doing on this "american morning." >>> good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us on this monday. it is july 18th. i'm kiran chetry along with ali velshi. christine has today off. >>> the head of scotland yard, london's...